beauty

Written for you.

beauty

is all around you,

it is in the downward slope of your mouth

when you haven't gotten enough sleep,

it is in the way your hands stroke over

the keys of your well-loved keyboard,

before you get ready to type up that paper

you've been procrastinating on since last week

it is in the way that you can't tell a joke

without laughing at the punchline first,

how you curl in on yourself with the most angelic

peels of laughter, how you are unashamed in your glee,

-infectious

it is in the way, you make your coffee in the morning,

with your fingers tapping out a rhythm on the pot,

and your tongue lodged between your lips,

the most delicious kind of concentration.

it is in the way, you read the paper

with your glasses perched crookedly on your nose,

and how you lean over to kiss me after

you've solved that day's puzzle

it is in the way i miss you

when you're not around,

how your essence is bright enough

to fill the dark, empty places of the apartment we share

how you make my lonely nights not feel 

so alone

how i know

that you will always be thinking of me

in the same way i am thinking of you

it is in the way

you

- smile

loud and light and colorful

for no reason.

it is in the way you look in the mirror

with total confidence, and say

"i am beautiful today."

and you are, you are, you are - breathtakingly so.

beauty is in the way

that you will get up tomorrow

and repeat the same steps,

as there is beauty in everything

but it resides the most

in you.

Author's Note

This is in no way written for anyone in particular, but I imagine if I had someone to write this for, it would go a little something like this.

Reviews

[Sheaj]

"it is in the way, you make your coffee in the morning,
with your fingers tapping out a rhythm on the pot,
and your tongue lodged between your lips,
the most delicious kind of concentration." i love the combination of words and imagery here! Totally found the "delicious concentration" part sexeee :D! Your poem style reminds me of the poem in a movie "10 things i hate about you" just that yours is about passion, not hate! love love! :)

[Mrs Meggins]

Further to the comment below, if you like the twist idea the last line becomes resides the most in me.

Let me know if you think this is a crazy idea, or not?

[Mrs Meggins]

It would be a cool twist if at the end the person you write about is actually yourself or the person reading it to themselves.

It is so important to love yourself, and this poem could teach this. The time to add this twist might be after "I am beautiful today" and then you say I am, I am, I am (because let's face it you are, you are, you are).

[viktor]

Thank you very much for your review, and I did think about making this a self-love poem, but I like it the way it is! If I were to change it, I am afraid it would resemble the quote by Plath (I am, I am, I am) and I do not wish to do that unintentionally or not.

I really do appreciate your honest words though. :)

[Shaquana Adams]

it is in the way
you
- smile
loud and light and colorful
for no reason.

it is in the way you look in the mirror
with total confidence, and say
"i am beautiful today."
and you are, you are, you are - breathtakingly so.

That kind of confidence has an aura that you can feel. Nicely done :)

[viktor]

Thank you so much! That is exactly what I was going for :)